A malfunction in the pitot-static system of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 is likely to have led to a “technical issue” which saw the aircraft pitch up and subsequently lose altitude. In a ...
Pitot-static systems are fundamental for basic flight information (airspeed, altitude, vertical speed), and their failures, though often simple in cause, can lead to catastrophic accidents like ...
Investigators have determined that a Transavia Boeing 737-700 brought out of storage during the pandemic departed Rotterdam without its pitot-static pressure lines being connected to their air-data ...